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Original Project Goals:
• Increase clinic to community linkages
for bi-directional e-referrals by working
with health care providers to identify
pathways for e-referrals and sharing
participant program outcomes
• Develop and document best practices
for successful use of bi-directional e-
referral models
DPP e-referral project overview
With funding from CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation, YMCA of the
USA, the American Medical Association, and CDC worked with four local
providers of the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program to build and
implement bi-directional e-referral communication pathways with existing
health care partners
Revised Project Goals:
• To gain a better understanding
of the factors (EHR functions)
to consider when approaching
implementation of bi-
directional e-referrals based
on the learnings gained from
local Ys and their health care
partners throughout project
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